Glove.



No. 823,204. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. R. N. CARSON.

GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.19,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed December 19. 1905. Serial No. 292,425.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT N. CARsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to gloves, and particularly to the heavy type, such as are used by drivers, those handling heavy hot metal casts, &c., and other like work.

It consists in a novel reinforcement at the point where the finger-front or fourchettes of the second and third fingers are attached to the palm of the glove.

It also comprises details of construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are views showing my improved glove. Fig. 3 is a plan view of pattern for the glove. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views showing in section the reinforcement.

In that class of gloves having a fourchette at the point where the fronts of the second and first fingers are joined to the remainder of the glove there are unavoidable lines of stitching by which the bases of these fingerfronts are joined to the remainder of the glove. This stitching is subject to a very considerable wear, which will often cause the glove to fail at this point.

It is the object of my invention to provide a reinforcement at this point which will protect the stitching.

A shows the pattern for a glove of this character, and B B are the second and third fingerfronts, which are so cut with relation to the back portions of these fingers that the seams are carried back as in the clute, corkscrew, or back-seam attern. The joining of these independent iiiiger-fronts at the base is by fitting them into fourchettes, as shown at 2.

In my invention I form a reinforcing-strip 3, running substantially parallel with the base of the fourchette and across the exposed portion of the palm, which strip remains connected either throughout its length or at the ends only. a

When a slit is made, as at 4, the ends remain attached to the palm, and the intermediate portion of the strip is dropped down over the seam and stitched or otherwise secured to cover and reinforce the seam, as shown in Fig. 4.

If no slit is made, the strip is continuous with the palm portions for its whole length, and the upper edge is turned down over the seam and is stitched or secured as before described. (See Fig. 5.) This reinforcement covers the main seams at the base of the second and third finger-fronts and is sufliciently strong to outwear the remainder of the glove.

It will be understood that this reinforcement may also be se arately attached, if desired; but I have fbund the construction above described to be very suitable and convenient for the purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A glove having a palm ortion and independent finger-fronts, sai palm portion fashioned with fourchettes for the bases of the finger-fronts and also with a strip which extends substantially parallel with the fourchettes and is adapted to be folded over the seams at the base of the finger-fronts there by reinforcing said seam.

2. In a glove, a palm portion fashioned with fourchettes and with a slit which is contiguous thereto and finger-fronts secured in the fourchettes, said slit forming a strip which is capable of being folded over the seams at the base of the finger-fronts to form a reinforce therefor.

3. In a glove, a palm portion fashioned with fourchettes and with a slit contiguous thereto, and having its ends terminating short of the ends of the fourchettes whereby the strip thus formed remains attached at its ends to the palm portion, and finger-fronts having their bases fitted into the fourchettes and secured, said strip being secured over the seams at the base of the finger-fronts and serving as a reinforce therefor.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT N. CARSON. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, D. B. RICHARDS. 

